![]() The whole play functions as something of an allegory, representing the psychic world centered around family, loss, grief, and death. His excitable "Hi!" represents his empty-headedness and blankness, the fact that his identity is completely projected onto him-by society, by the characters, and by the audience. He is a vapid character, who does not have thoughts of his own, and instead embraces his physical nature. Throughout the play, the Young Man barely speaks except to say "Hi!" with the same enthusiastic but vacant smile, every time someone acknowledges his presence. Depending on how one interprets it, the sandbox can be seen to symbolize either Grandma's mistreatment or the reality of death. It represents the fact that death is a kind of return: to youth, helplessness, etc. It also symbolizes the bridge between life and death on a broader level. It is a juvenile and undignified place for Grandma to die. ![]() ![]() It is a symbol of the fact that Mommy and Daddy treat her like a child, rather than a wise elder worthy of respect. The sandbox is where Grandma is placed and where she dies in the play. ![]()
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